Recently I completed a research project on Asia-Pacific privacy law, which satisfied my long-time craving for exploring in details the privacy law and enforcement regime of this region beyond mainland China. After reading the statutes, government reports, and articles relating to South Korea, Japan, Singapore, India, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam, I...
A recent UK decision on online ad-tracking consent attracts my attention as it targets a novel attempt by the Washington Post towards GDPR compliance, which seemingly puts a price tag on privacy rights for users to avoid online tracking when enjoying the service. I find this decision is not convincing and could cause a tough dilemma for business compliance. According to The Register, the...
China is moving fast building up its data regulation regime. In June of 2017, China’s Cybersecurity Law came into force, the first national-level and cross-sector legislation in China to protect personal information. Since 2017, China also has launched a pragmatic guidance Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification (“Specification”) and the...
We should not — and don’t need to — trade privacy off in order to be more secure. In his book Nothing to Hide: The False Tradeoff between Privacy and Security, Professor Daniel Solove explains why and how to achieve this by revealing the fallacies underlying many pro-national security arguments, including the mistaken views about privacy protection and its costs and benefits. This book was...
